Land-roller.



PATENTED JULY 28, 1903.

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LAND ROLLER.

APPLICATION FILED. OCT. 6, 1900.

no MODEL.

r UNITED STATES 7 Patented July 28, 1903.

i ATENT Fries.

EMERSON .O. LEAN, OF MANSFIELD, OHIO, ASSIGNOR TO THE RODERICK LEANMANUFACTURING COMPANY, OF MANSFIELD, OHIO.

LAND-ROLLER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 734,900, dated July 28,1903. Application filed ootdlierfi, 1900. serial No. 32,469. (No model.)

To all whom. ,itmay concern:

Be it known that LEMERSON O.LEAN,a citizen of the United States,residingat Mansfield,

in the county of Richland and State of Ohio,

(whose post office address is Mansfield,Ohio,) have invented a new anduseful Land-Roller,

of which the" following is aspecification.

My invention relates to an improvement in land-rollers, and its objectis to provide a construction which will be easy to assemble ordisassemble, as, well as one in which the separate parts may be replacedif injured without necessitating an entirely new wheel, and at the sametime to provide a construction which is simple, cheap, and efficient aswell as indestructible.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of a land-rollerprovided with my device. Fig. 2 is an-enlarged view of the wheel. Figs.3, 4, and 5 are details; and Fig. 6:is an enlarged view of the hanger.

Reference-letters a a a denote the dru msof the land-roller of the usualcylindrical form with their adjacent edges abutting. A rim b forms thethe outer periphery of a wheel which is located at each end of theland-roller. These peripheries b are formed, preferably, of a T shape incross-section, as shown in- Fig. 3, al-- though they may be of any otherform,,,and they are cylindrical in form to fit the inside diameter ofthe drums.

, tion 19 of the rim.

The hub A has formed therein radial grooves 0 adapted to receive theribs 0 of the channel-spokes c, which are secured to the hubs by meansof bolts D. This manner of attaching the spokes to X the hub givesadditional strength and rigidity to the Wheel. The hubs are providedwith the usual central openings or bearings E,in and through whichprojects the axle E of the land-roller, which axle projects beyond thevertical plane of the outer drums of the land-roller. The projectingportions of the axle are received in suitthe hangers K which areV'shaped in general outline and formed to fit the contour of the boxes.By this construction the boxes 1 are retained inplace and prevented fromlateral movement. A bolt H passes through both sides of the hangers anddirectly over the top of the boxes with which the under side of the boltcomes in contact, thus efiectually confining the boxes in their properpositions.

The frame of the landmoller consists of a rectangular box B, suitablysecured together at its ends. The upper ends'K of the V-shaped hangersare L-shaped in form and embrace the frame, to which they are suitablysecured necting the box or frame and pole, serve to give additionalstrength and support to the pole. A suitable bar J secured at its lowerend by a bolt J to the pole, supports the seat J. The .upper portion Theabove-described construction is simple, neat, and durable as well aspossessing exceptional strength and rigidity, all of which are mostdesirable in a device of this character.

Having thus described my invention, what Iclaim as new,and desire tosecure byLetters Patent, is-

1. The combination with a drum,of a wheel comprisinga flanged rim, a hubmade in a single piece and having radial grooves and intermediateflattened surfaces,and flanged spokes secured to the rim and hub, theflanges fitted to the radial grooves of the hub and theflattened portionseated upon the flattened surfaces of the hub, and means for securingthe spokes to the rim and hub.

2. In a land-roller, the combination witha drum, of an angularly-shapedperiphery secured to the inner circumference thereof, spokes of angularshape in cross-section detachably secured at their outer ends to thedepending portion of the periphery, and a on and integral with the hub,of flanged hub comprising a single piece, having a sespokes, the flangesof the spokes received in ries of parallel grooves formed radiallytherethe grooves in the flanged hub and means for in, the sides of thespokes being received in securing the spokes to the rim and hub. 15 5such grooves and detachable fastening means Signed by me at Mansfield,Ohio, this 1st passinlg through the spokes between the indiday ofOctober, 1900. vidua members forming the parallel grooves, for securingthe spokes to the hub. EMERSON 3. The combination with a drum, a flangedWitnesses: 1o rim secured thereto, a hub made of a single CHARLES O.MERRELL,

pieee,and an exteriorly-grooved flange formed ARTHUR H. GLENDINNING.

